European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Widen any june 19, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 7 astronaut Cooper s diary tells of Man alone with stars there is Orion Betelgeuse. What a Beautiful night Houston a As you would i expect or a quiet Man thrust id c Denly into the world s Eye. Astron it Gordon Cooper told of his space adventure Best to himself and his diary. That diary tape recordings remade on his compressed 23 Days and nights in space was released by the National aeronautics and space administration. It becomes a graphic account Ofa Man alone in his space Cabin on what has become the last nigh of the Pioneer Mercury spacecraft and probably the la a. Long Ter flight of an american for almost two years. There is no Assurance that the transcript is Complete. Part of the transcription were garbled. Parts May have been deleted for Security Akkad hot to us up to a atheist s Baltimore a mrs. Mada Lyn Murray an avowed atheist says she carried her fight against prayer in the Public schools to the supreme court because her son asked her to live up to her convictions. Teen Ager William came Home from Woodbourne Junior High school one Day in 1960 and said he was being forced to Par tic Pate in religious ceremonies. He demanded to know if his Mother was willing to fight for her belief in the separation of Church and state. When you have u 14-year-Oldson ask you if you plan to stand up for your convictions Well have to have the respect of my . Murray it 1950 graduate of South Texas College of Law never doubted so. Would win her Case. She made her cause Plain i want the Bible in school but not for religious ceremony. Chil Dren should t be taught either religion or non Rell ton until the reach the age of intellectual discretion. Then everything should be presented in an objective Way. When they reach the teens is Good time for  1jmo letter a Mont but the Case this Mother of two has espoused has not been popu Lar. She has received 1.900 letters a month reviling her. Only few urged her to stand  from Maryland where the first acts of toleration were passed have harassed William now 17, a Good looking 6-Foat, 3 Inch tall Junior at the Baltimore polytechnic Institute a Public High school Young Rel Drin refuse to play with a younger son. 8-year old Garth. Bricks were heave through window of their modes Brick Row  smeared the backyard Fence with Murraya Are com . Murray. 43, psychiatric can worker says she can t get a  they prospective pm plovers immediately recognize m and throw me out of the officer they wait until references com in and then throw me  so  from her roman Catho Lic husband several years ago. So supports herself her two sons anger Mother by writing for in Tou atheist and humanist journals a with contributions that pour i irom All parts of the world fro persons who by they believe in a individual s right to stand up Foa cause no matter How unpopular mrs Murray served in the women -. Army corps m a lieutenant 1 seat belts a must in Conn. Hartford. Conn. Up ii go John n. Dempsey Hii signed Bill requiring All new cars registered in  Al r in. To Hove front soil Safe belts. Zaions. And once the troubles that endangered the Cooper flight Hood up. He apparently gave upits private tape recording. Conspicuous by its absence Wisny description of the remarkable details Cooper sold he saw of Aruck a train and other signs of Ife in the High Himalayas. Including part of communist China. But aside from that Cooper a the privacy of his space Cabin teems relaxed and alone with thei tars. Let the diary Tell it Well clears Throat first night Ilde and i have a Bright Blue  thick diffused band of Blue color. The Sun is spread out very  s setting now. And there it goes. A Bright Blue Bond All the Way around the  a minute inter brought Back to nil colons son Bel world War ii in France Italy and Roca in cryptographic Security in 943-46. Could you have brought this ult in Russia she asked. Let s Ace it i have full realization our democratic principles. The Hong is not to get a new system it to improve what we be  the woman who brought Thi Samous Case to the highest court f the land is Jolly appearing Lump with blonde hair turning Ray and an aim of t girlish laugh he comes from a presbyterian  a Grin. I Dearrl bin her Elf As a trouble Muker at heart and one who Dreim i give u Damn what people  s been in atheist fur 30 ears converting from Presby or lantsm when she won 13 and ivling in an Akron Ohio  were no libraries nearby so she had Only the Bible to read she claims. I think if you read the Bible you can t  so said. I thought i was the Only atheistic the world  she added. Atheists she says love Man not  the heaven in store for Man mrs. Murray believes. Is hereon Earth and we want working hands not praying hands. We Leavet to god and it won t get done Lell Glon channels us into  other use for churrhm"1 would turn every Church into a Hospital a sanitarium or a  she  is also a militant peace worker member of the women strike for peace. She picketed the White House with u placard Dur ing the Bay of pigs invasion. Mrs. Murray claims she is concerned about the world or Chil Dren live in. She says she is o do-lt-yourself9 7/2-Pound girl is dads Day Surprise Chicago a fathers Day had a special meaning for Johr Moore. 25. A roofer. He delivered his own , and his wife. Sylvia. 31 have three other children Alborn with Benefit of expert attend acc. But the fourth a girl name Lurlean came so fast it really Shook me up Moore said. Mrs. Moore s labor pains began at 10 . Moore phoned the doctor. But. At 10 40. Moore Hevelow me. These create Static int radio every time he lightning lashes Down , he said. People wonder f it s hard to sleep up Here Hurt drifted off for about three or four minutes on a Quick Little Nap. Sleep Here s just like you do anywhere  the diary Rolls on. Cooper seems to be getting More accustomed to the wonders of pass no Days and nights fireflies and Haze layers and begins to Thinka oud about them. He was later to pinpoint the source of the fireflies tiny icicles from the Small jets that enable him to control spacecraft position. Heavy meal he also had troubles i m eat ing a pot roast of beef. I be had considerable difficulty getting the water in it dehydrated food in plastic envelope from this water device on the Mcdonnell water Funk. I spilled water All Over my hands and All Over the cockpit Here trying to get some in it. I have succeeded in getting about half of it dampened and am proceeding to eat i am washing my face with a Damp rag now. Certainly feelgood. It is rather a strange feeling to be ask to place objects out nto the. Into the Cabin Andle go of them and they la stay in relatively their same position. Thiss a worrisome As Well As an Odd sensation Handy sometime Butah. The Only close up descriptions of land in the diary la this i m right Over Africa Tim passes i can see roads and Rivers and some Small towns Down thereon the ground. Small villages or towns can almost make out the individual  Prnto Nal Noin on his 13th or bit he found sometime for personal notes on comment on the various sleep periods that i be had nearly Ever time that x have awakened found that x have been so soundly asleep x Don t even know when i am awake. Have a note to be added in . Enjoy the full Drifting lights most of All where you really have the feeling of free Dom and you Aren t worried about the systems fouling up. You clears Throat have every thing turned off and just Drifting along lazily. However. I Haven encountered any of this so called split off Phenomena. Stir note that am thinking very much about returning to Earth at tha proper time and safely. Plated Trust act the government said the two firms entered into a Cross licensing i agreement on patents one purpose of which was to obtain Protection against japanese machines. Con-3 carted acts of Singer and Gegauff i constituted an unreasonable re Al Strain of Trade that violated tha f Sherman act the government con tended